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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASPER F. WILSON, No. 2:15-cv-1481 MCE AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFFREY A. BEARD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Before the court are plaintiff’s motions for the temporary appointment of counsel and for a sixty-day extension of time to file an opposition to defendants’ motion for sanctions. ECF Nos. 57, 58. For the reasons stated below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for the temporary appointment of counsel, and it grant an extension of time to file an opposition to defendants’ motion for sanctions. I. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL On November 1, 2019, plaintiff filed a motion for the temporary appointment of counsel. ECF No. 57. In support…